“
Tennis still has to wait a bit
,” admitted Roger Federer on the Swiss channel SRF on Saturday, even if he is still aiming for a return for the Laver Cup at the end of September, after more than a year without competition.
The Swiss icon with twenty Grand Slam trophies “
plays from time to time
” with his four children, but “
things are moving slowly
” after his third right knee operation in the space of a year and a half.
“
I had surgery at the end of August, and at the time we already knew that.
People always ask me: “So, how does it look?
»
.
And each time I have to answer that it will take a little more time
,” he told SRF.
The former world No. 1 could “
already do a lot more
”, but is “
currently emphasizing (his) physical condition, so that there is no overload
”, by going to the gym “
five to six times a week
.
"
I just have to stay patient, and I'm making constant progress
," continued the Basel, hoping to have "
a lot of information in the coming months
" on the evolution of his physical condition.
Federer nevertheless still aims to return to the courts during the Laver Cup in London (September 23 to 25) then in his hometown from October 24 to 30, as the organizers of the Basel tournament announced at the end of April.
The Swiss champion, winner of 103 trophies over his more than twenty-year career, has only played six matches in 2020 and thirteen in 2021. Absent from the courts since Wimbledon 2021, he is currently ranked 50th in the world.